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Online • Jun 20, 2025

A Lab for Listening, Visualizing Sound, and Collective Resonance at Fall River MoCA

Review by Shana Garr

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Elizabeth Atterbury’s Sculptures Disrupt the Familiar in “Leaf Litter”

Quick Bit by Kaitlyn Ovett Clark

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Nirmal Raja’s Interdisciplinary Practice Maps South Asian Memory Across Materials

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At This Dining-Room-Turned-Gallery in Arlington, “Hope of Suggestion” Captures Fleeting Florals

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Women on the Verge: Five Museums in Maine Showcase Nicole Wittenberg and Ann Craven

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Nine Contemporary Artists Respond to an Overlooked Black History at Walden Woods in “Weaving an Address”

At the Umbrella Arts Center, “Weaving an Address” unfolds across gallery and forest, tracing the afterlives of a Black community once rooted in Concord through fabric, sculpture, and speculative memory.

Review by Erwin Kamuene

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Online • Jun 20, 2025

A Lab for Listening, Visualizing Sound, and Collective Resonance at Fall River MoCA

Review by Shana Garr

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Elizabeth Atterbury’s Sculptures Disrupt the Familiar in “Leaf Litter”

Quick Bit by Kaitlyn Ovett Clark

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At This Dining-Room-Turned-Gallery in Arlington, "Hope of Suggestion" Captures Fleeting Florals

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Online • Jun 10, 2025

Off the Main Drag: Ten Summer Gallery Shows Worth the Visit 

On trailheads, in chapels, and at far-flung corners, the ten gallery exhibitions we’re excited to catch across New England.

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Online • Jun 03, 2025

The Season for Slow Looking: Ten Museum Exhibitions To Catch Across New England This Summer

From historic retrospectives and surreal landscapes to experimental films and embroidered portals—the BAR team charts the must-see museum exhibitions both locally and across the region.

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